Batman: The Enemy Within Episode Reviews

The Caped Crusader has faced a lot of hard circumstances in his career as the guardian of Gotham City, but rarely are gamers put to the task of making those tough choices in a Batman game. Telltale Games approached the challenge of putting players in Batman's head with its episodic series Batman: The Telltale Series. This dark and consequential adventure game explores the sacrifices Bruce Wayne must make in order to keep the city safe, and this weight will continue to bear down upon Batman (both in the bat-suit and in his daily life as Bruce Wayne) in the five-part second season, Batman: The Enemy Within. For players who have played the previous season, expect ramifications of choices made in prior episodes to reverberate through the future of the story.

IGN plans to review each of the episodes of Batman: The Enemy Within as they are made available. Telltale Games will be releasing Batman: The Enemy Within episodes for download on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and iOS/Android devices. You can find links to all of the episode reviews for Batman: The Enemy Within, through the links below, as each episode is released. You can also read all five reviews for Batman: The Telltale Series -- Season 1 through links on IGN's review summary of the first season.

VERDICT: I wish I’d been given the chance to actually solve more of The Riddler’s puzzles on my own – adventure games are traditionally all about that, after all – but the tension and drama that permeate The Enemy Within’s first episode make it a winner. This strong start also leaves me very excited to see how John Doe’s inevitable transformation into The Joker plays out, and morbidly fascinated to see what scars this version of Gotham City will leave behind on its inhabitants.

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The Verdict

I still love Telltale’s take on the Bat-verse, but the remaining episodes of The Enemy Within have an uphill climb to get this season back on track.